After the German offensive stalled on the northern side of the salient, on 12 July the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Kutuzov ( Russian: Кутузов) against the rear of the German forces on the same side. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel ( German: Unternehmen Zitadelle), on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously. If audiences are accepting World War II films into the mainstream, maybe it’s time to bring on more Westerns, too.The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front large-scale engagement between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the late summer of 1943 it ultimately became the largest tank battle in history and resulted in a Soviet victory. Pitt is a pro at choosing diverse films to work on. Jason Isaacs, Shia LeBeouf, and Michael Peña also star in this film that delves into the life of soldiers operating a Sherman tank in Germany in the last days of the war. Now Brad Pitt is taking another crack at WWII following up his superb performance as a soldier in Inglourious Basterds, with the David Ayer film Fury. Although there are plenty of American films with scenes of tanks, is there any that would qualify as a great tank movie?Īs movies with tanks go, the recommended viewing list we’ll offer up includes Kelly’s Heroes (with Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas), Back to Bataan (with John Wayne), The Guns of Navarone (with Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and David Niven), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has a great tank scene with Indy (and the film takes place in 1938 so we think that counts). But movies about WWII tanks or tank battles? With the importance of tanks as a tool of war in WWII you’d think we’d see more of these.
Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima in 2006, Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie in 2008, Quentin Tarentino’s Inglourious Basterds in 2009, George Lucas’s Red Tails in 2012, and we just reviewed George Clooney’s Monuments Men here, released in theaters earlier this year. Now they’re popping up pretty frequently. Not too long ago it would seem a decade would pass before someone was even remotely considering putting a big budget World War II movie on the screen.
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